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Didi, Gogo, Pozzo, Lucky -- the bizarre names stand out strangely against the bare-bonds landscape of Waiting for Godot. In an intriguing new study of one of the most haunting plays of this century, Frederick Busi shows that these names serve important dramatic functions, reinforcing the changing roles assumed by the mysterious characters in their tortuous search for -- and avoidance of -- self. Beckett's strong affinities with Cervantes and the common debt of these two authors to the traditions

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Didi, Gogo, Pozzo, Lucky -- the bizarre names stand out strangely against the bare-bonds landscape of Waiting for Godot. In an intriguing new study of one of the most haunting plays of this century, Frederick Busi shows that these names serve important dramatic functions, reinforcing the changing roles assumed by the mysterious characters in their tortuous search for -- and avoidance of -- self. Beckett's strong affinities with Cervantes and the common debt of these two authors to the traditions
Autorenporträt
Fredercik Busi is professor emeritus of French and Italian studies at the University of Massachusetts.